Polypill for the heart Oct 5, 2008
The National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health estimates that the number of Indians suffering from heart disease is set to grow to 62 million by 2015. The WHO adds that 17 million people die of heart disease and strokes every year and 80% of these deaths are in developing countries. (India Times, India)
Presidential What? is the Government Losing It? Mar 18, 2008
The World Health Organization's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health recently estimated that Ghana and other developing countries, where malaria kills people in droves, needed to spend about $35 or $40 per person, a year just to meet the essential health need of their population - keeping workers healthy enough to work. Unfortunately, Ghana has only been able to afford $10. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Susmita Pratihast & Sumita Kale: Healthcare expenditure Jul 11, 2007
As the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (2005) points out, insurance alone will not mean much unless facilities of adequate standard are easily available for the patients, which will limit indirect costs on transport, loss of wages and so on. Indians face considerable income loss, primarily due to inaccessibility to good quality and subsidised healthcarewage losses from AIDS and tuberculosis cases alone are estimated at Rs 15,000 crore. (Business Standard)
Dentists To Improve Oral Health In Sub-Saharan Africa Jun 20, 2007
The health component of the Millennium Villages grew out of the United Nations Millennium Project and the World Health Organization Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, both of which showed the direct link between improving public health and economic growth. Those reports explained that health improvements can only happen through a broad range of inter-related public health reforms. (Science Daily)
Reaching true consensus at work Jan 14, 2007
Sachs described how analytical deliberation was used when he was tasked by the World Health Organization to chair the WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH). The CMH was asked to propose practical solutions based on economic costs and benefits to alleviate the health crises in Africa. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
